The association drafted a document last year as a result of increasingunhappiness among children's services directors, who feel harassed byGovernment field workers. But the Field Forces Improvement SupportProtocol has now become a joint document, with signatories includingNational Strategies, the Training and Development Agency for Schools,and the Anti-Bullying Alliance.
David Hawker, director of children's services at Brighton & Hove CityCouncil, said it was a good start but could go further in the future."It's a good toe in the water, but I wouldn't want to see it stopthere," he said. "I hope that in the future some of the funding of thefield forces could be devolved to local authorities so they could buy inservices."
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